Judges 2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
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Gill's Exposition
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges,.... Afterwards, or not always; but when they admonished them of their sins, and advised them to walk in the good ways of God, and serve him only; they…
The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people's good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial (Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30),…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
they went a whoring after other gods As notoriously after the death of Gideon Jdg 8:33 (cf. Jdg 8:27). This figurative expression occurs in the Pent., and especially in the prophets Hos. and Ezek., to…
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